Boston University

Government & Law

man carrying a concealed firearm

Public Policy

SPH Study: Higher Homicide Rates Tied to More Permissive Laws

October 20, 2017

Green-colored rendering of Boston skyline

Earth & Environment

Can Boston Be a Green City by 2050?

October 19, 2017

Business & Social Sciences

Immigrant Stars “Power” Significant Startups

October 11, 2017

bad medicine

Global Health

Bad Medicine

August 8, 2017

Attendees hold a Confederate Flag during the Florida Southern Pride Ride parade.

Government & Law

The Confederate Flag Symbolizes…What?

June 22, 2017

Hot sun burns behind electricity power lines

Climate Change

The High Cost of Summer Energy Price Spikes

June 16, 2017

Social Sciences

How to Live in a Divided Nation

May 22, 2017

african american child eating an orange slice

Public Health

The Cycle of Food Insecurity

May 19, 2017

Pnina Lahav's work is considered foundational in several fields, including women’s rights, freedom of expression, and judicial biography.

Government & Law

Pnina Lahav Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

May 12, 2017

Public Policy

Alternative Energy and Business

May 5, 2017

Biomedical Engineering Professor Edward Damiano in his lab with fellow researchers and their bionic pancreas

Funding

Science Coalition: Federal Funding Sparks Innovation

April 26, 2017

Red leaf cutter ants hive behaviour carrying food from fruiting

Biology

Science in a Post-Truth Society

April 20, 2017

Kevin Outterson, N. Neal Pike Scholar in Health and Disability Law, leads CARB-X, world’s largest public-private partnership to accelerate development of urgently needed new antimicrobials.

Antibiotics

LAW-based CARB-X Awards $24 Million for Superbug Antibiotics

March 31, 2017

piles of coal at a coal depot

Climate Change

Trump Slams Brakes on Obama’s Climate Plan

March 29, 2017

President Trump discusses the Federal budget in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. OMB director Mick Mulvaney sits to the President's right and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin sits to his left.

Funding

BU Faculty Looks Warily at Trump’s Proposed Budget

March 21, 2017

Koran

Public Policy

What Islam Could Teach Donald Trump about Democracy and Freedom

March 10, 2017

Boston University School of Medicine Professor Kermit Anthony Crawford named CDC Advisor

Accolades

School of Medicine Professor Named CDC Advisor

March 2, 2017

Sandro Galea, Boston University School of Public Health Dean, member of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR), and Chair of the Board of the Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health (ASPPH)

Public Policy

SPH Dean Tapped for Public Health Field Leadership Positions

February 2, 2017

Trump

Public Policy

Politics and Public Health

February 1, 2017

Linda Sprague Martinez, assistant professor at the and racial health disparities researcher at Boston University School of Social Work

Urban Health

Helping Student Scientists Do Health Research at Home

January 26, 2017

Helping Student Scientists Do Health Research at Home